Billiard-chalk holder.



' No. 744,935. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

J. PEJOHAR. BILLIARD CHALK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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JOSEF PEJCHAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BILLlAR Ci-IALK HOLDER.

S'PIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,935, dated November 24, 1903. Application filed February 11, 1903- Serial No. 142,825. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEF PEJOHAR, a citizen of Austria-Eungary,residing at New York city, (Bronx,) county of Westchester, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Chalk Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a billiard-chalk holder which is adapted to be secured to the body or garments of the player, so as to be readily accessible and avoid the frequent search for the chalk.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved billiardchalk holder; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, partly in section on line 2 2, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a bottom view of the holder. Fig. t shows the holder suspended from a finger, and Fig. 5 shows the same clamped to a garment.

The chalk-holder proper comprises a socket member A, preferably of metal, having a rectangular base formed With a central inwardlydirected indentation a, and from each side of the base extends a resilient arm a, adapted for a constrictive engagement about the chalk b. The central indentation holds the chalk away from the base around the side edges thereof, so that a knife or other sharp instrument may be inserted between the arms and beneath the chalk to easily remove the same when desired. Back of the base of socket A and substantially parallel thereto is arranged a hook c. This book is made, preferably, integral with the base and extends diametrically across the same. At its closed end the hook c is enlarged into a loop or eye 0 for the reception of a ring d, adapted to be slipped over a finger of the player. Preferably this loop is not entirely closed, as shown, so that the ring 01 may be removed, if desired. The body of the hook is provided with an inwardlyextending rib'c which projects toward the bottom of the socket, and thus contracts the opening between the hook and socket. The rib o contracts the opening between the beak of the hook and the base of the socket, such contraction serving to removably hold the ring (1 to the loop of the book.

In use the holder is either carried by the ring (1 upon the finger of the player, as illustrated in Fig. 4, or it is clamped to a cuff or other garment 6 between the book 0 and the base of the socket. In either case the chalk is carried along by the player and is always readily accessible.

What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a chalk-holder composed of a member having an inwardly-directed indentation formed in the base thereof, resilient arms extending from the side edges of the base to constrictively engage the chalk, and a hook extending from one corner of the base and projecting diametrically across the same, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) New York, this 10th day of February, 1903.

JOSEF PEJOHAR.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, EDWARD RAY. 

